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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);

Inventors:

Akira Sagayama, Yamato, JP;

Ayako Ida, Yamato, JP;

Akinori Mizumura, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/78 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/78 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connector is disclosed having a flat cable connecting portion connected to a flat cable and a flat mating portion mated with another connector. The connector comprises a plurality of terminals arranged on the mating portion for establishing contact with terminals on the other connector, a conductive connecting portion exposed on the cable connecting portion and connected to conductive trace connecting portions on the flat cable, and a plurality of wiring lines extending from the mating portion to the cable connecting portion, each one electrically connecting a terminal to the corresponding conductive trace connecting portion. The conductive connecting portion has a protrusion formed on the wiring lines. The upper surface of the protrusion is substantially the same height as one outer surface of the cable connecting portion.


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